IBM Power Systems Series Site And Hardware Planning

Notes:
v No cascading allowed for the 5887 storage drawer.
v The 5887 storage drawer is connected to same numbered port on each adapter.
v HD AA cable is required.
Figure 73. Two RAID SAS adapters with HD connectors to a disk expansion drawer in a multi-initiator HA mode
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IBM Power Systems Series Specifications

General

Virtualization	PowerVM
Architecture	POWER
Operating System	AIX, IBM i, Linux
Use Case	Enterprise workloads, cloud
Form Factor	Rack-mount
I/O	PCIe
Power Supply	Redundant power supplies available
Management	HMC (Hardware Management Console)
Processor	IBM POWER processors (POWER9, POWER10, etc.)
Storage	Supports various storage options including SSDs and HDDs